Job 14:12

Job 14:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
• English Standard Version (ESV)so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.
• New Living Translation (NLT)people are laid to rest and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up nor be roused from their sleep.

Context of Job 14:12

10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more. 11As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry, so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep. 13“If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me! 14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

Job 14:12 word by word

וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• lieth downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• and risethקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• not: till the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• no moreבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• they shall not awakeקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
• nor be raised outעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• of their sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142

Cross-references for Job 14:12

• Job 10:21before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
• Job 30:23I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• Ecclesiastes 3:19Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.
• Ecclesiastes 12:5when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets.
• Job 19:25I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
• Psalms 102:26They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
• Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
• Isaiah 65:17“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
• Isaiah 66:22“As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
• Acts 3:21Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
• Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
• 2 Peter 3:7By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
• Revelation 21:1Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
• Job 3:13For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Commentaries on Job 14:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12So man lieth down - He falls asleep in his bed of earth. And riseth not - Men shall not, like cut down trees and plants, reproduce their like; nor shall they arise till the heavens are no more, till the earth and all its works are burnt up, and the general resurrection of human beings shall take place. Surely it would be difficult to twist this passage to the denial of the resurrection of the body. Neither can these expressions be fairly understood as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12So man lieth down, and riseth not - He lies down in the grave and does not rise again on the earth. Till the heavens be no more - That is, never; for such is the fair interpretation of the passage, and this accords with its design. Job means to say, undoubtedly, that man would never appear again in the land of the living; that he would not spring up from the grave, as a sprout does from a fallen tree; and that when he dies, he goes away from the earth…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12does not rise: Job did not have even the minimal evidence of resurrection found in the Old Testament (2 Kings 13:21; Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; see also Job 19:25). Job was not focusing on the end of the universe when the heavens will disappear (Psalm 102:25–26; Isaiah 34:4; 51:6; Hebrews 1:10–12). He was referring to the eternal nature of the heavens (Psalm 148:6; see also Psalms 72:5, 7, 17; 89:29, 37). His phrase refers to the permanent state of death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. heavens be no more--This only implies that Job had no hope of living again in the present order of the world, not that he had no hope of life again in a new order of things. Psa 102:26 proves that early under the Old Testament the dissolution of the present earth and heavens was expected (compare Ge 8:22). Enoch before Job had implied that the "saints shall live again" (Jude 14; He 11:13-16). Even if, by this phrase, Job meant "never" (Psa 89:29) in…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:12

• Dead (People)
• Death
• Heaven
• Resurrection
• Sleep

In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait
• Waste

Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings